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What we are working on 10/6/2017 (VIDEO)

Updated:
10/06/2017 12:25:58 PM EDT

It's Friday, Oct. 6, 2017. Here is some of what Sun staffers and other news providers are working on for lowellsun.com and Saturday's print edition.

There's about to be a crazy housing boom in Chelmsford. Several
affordable and market-rate multi-family housing projects are at
various stages in the pipeline. Reporter Alana Melanson,
amelanson@lowellsun.com, has this story.

Planet Fitness, the national health club chain, opened a mini-gym
inside the Greater Lowell Boys and & Club, and the youngsters are
pumped up. Freelance writer Brendan Lewis has this story for The Sun.

Reporter Rick Sobey, rsobey@lowellsun.com, has an interesting story
out of Lowell General Hospital where he has interviewed a doctor and
one of his patients about new, less-invasive treatment for prostate
cancer.

In his weekly Chat column, former Sun Publisher Kendall Wallace,
kwallace@lowellsun.com, shares his thoughts on the race for the 3rd
Congressional District.

Reporter Robert Mills, rmills@lowellsun.com, has a story about
alleged domestic violence out of Lowell District Court and how Judge
Stacey Fortes is handling it.

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